Australia The Dairy Country

37,060.80 | 328,814.40 | | | Lard | 6,100.80 | 177,902.40 | | | Frozen Pork | 70,339.20 | 79,972.80 | | | Honey | 7,891.20 | 9,235.20 | | | Other items | 269,246.40 | 78,859.20 | | |-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+ | Total |$2,287,291.20 |$16,839,422.40 |636.21 % | +-------------------------+----------------+----------------+---------+

[Illustration: In the Butter Factory.]

The United Kingdom purchases the great bulk of Australian butter--about 88 per cent.--but considerable quantities also go to Canada, Ceylon, China, the Dutch East Indies, Egypt, Hongkong, the Islands of the Pacific, Japan, Philippine Islands, the Straits Settlements and South Africa.

Besides the co-operative factories there are many proprietary concerns, and the farmer is benefited by the keen competition between them. The establishments in the Commonwealth where the manufacture of butter, cheese, and condensed milk is carried on number several hundreds. They are distributed throu